October 5, 2009

Monday morning—no trip to Michigan! I’m tired today and have spent a lot of time sleeping. I am growing very fast. Poppy says it looks to him like he can see more growth in me every day! And I’m getting pretty darned good at some of the commands too. Well—I won’t do it yet without a treat—I’m gonna make them work for any performance out of me. They are so strict about this nipping and biting thing that I can’t hardly do anything. I try to be good but I just gotta find out how hard things are. And I have to smell everything—even Mamaw’s hot tea cup every morning.

I’ve walked quite a lot today. First time we went to the mailbox. Then we saw the neighbor walking his dog and oh—I wanted to go too. The dog was kind of snarly though, so Mamaw wouldn’t let me walk with him. That’s okay; I insisted on trying to catch up to them but never did. And then once I went out to go potty and a very cute black and white dog was coming up the sidewalk. I really got in the dogs face and I don’t think he appreciated me so Mamaw had to jerk me up to protect me. I really wanted down to see that dog and I squirmed so much she almost dropped me. But the other dog just didn’t like me for some reason. I know—I’m just a puppy and I don’t really know who to socialize with yet but I’m working on it. The more mature dogs think I jump and move too quickly so we have to be careful.

We went on a really GOOD WALK before dinner. I really didn’t need Poppy to walk ahead for me and we took our time so I could stop and smell everything. It was just very pleasant because she didn’t have the leash pulled so tight I was choking. I guess I was a little bit more submissive so she could reduce the hold on my leash. It was invigorating!